Collapse of Industrial Civilization vs. Extinction

Collapse, optimistically read,

Once meant camping adventures ahead;

But hot dogs and Jello

Can’t maintain our mellow

Once extinction makes sure we’re all dead.

H/T: John Ludi

Why

It’s not ‘cause we’re some special brute,

Or the eating of forbidden fruit;

It’s not values we had:

Right or wrong, good or bad—

The reason is overshoot.

Scapegoat

Most humans don’t have time or skill

To grasp doom, and so they never will;

But they’ll try to hold sway

In our time-honored way:

Finding people to torture and kill. 

About Hope

Hope Stops

The humans, they had hope until

Their terminal slide downhill;

Living better somehow

Had sustained them, but now

They realize they never will.

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Hope

I kept hoping for better: instead,

 “Just wait till you’re older,” folks said;

By now I should know

Things won’t change, although

Perhaps they’ll improve once I’m dead.

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Hope Springs Eternal

Some advice that’s not moralistic

Nor unduly pessimistic:

As we slide down doom’s slope,

Don’t abandon all hope—

Just hope that’s unrealistic.

Sol Roth

Wouldn’t it be super keen

If the future had a routine

To finish our scene

In a way that’s serene

Like where Sol went in “Soylent Green?”

Fundamental Split

Doom changes worldview a lot

(Although, in the end, it means squat),

Dividing those who

Think we will pull through

From those who think we will not. 

More Songs (Again)

The End

“This is the end,” Jim proclaims:

“Break on through” from your usual games;

Good advice from a Door,

Since it’s not long before

The whole shithouse goes up in flames.

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We Shall Be Released

Because we’re no smarter than yeast,

It turns out we’ll soon be deceased;

Being old makes one prepped

To more promptly accept:

Any day now, we shall be released.

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All My Trials

Hush little baby, don’t cry,

You know mama was born to die;

Too late, humankind,

Too late, never mind:

All my trials soon be gone by.

If life were a thing you could buy,

The rich would live, poor folk would die;

But we’re all intertwined,

And all dead—never mind:

All my trials soon be gone by.
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Staying Alive

You used to be sinful or mad

If you killed yourself ‘cause you were sad,

But life’s getting rougher:

To no longer suffer

Will turn out to be not that bad.

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The Dream Is Over—What Can I Say?

“The dream is over

What can I say?”

    — John Lennon: "God"

Extinction’s the animal way:

Every species must reach its last day;

If you comprehend

That the dream’s at its end,

There’s not a whole lot left to say.

The End of Suffering

“I will show you suffering, and the end of suffering.”

     — Buddha

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The End of Suffering

Our lifetimes we cannot extend,

But the upside to comprehend:

When there is no more grief,

We get final relief,

And our suffering comes to an end.

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Runaway Train

I sit on this runaway train

Watching the passing terrain;

There’s not much I can do

But accept doom is true,

And wait for the end of the pain. 

H/T: pat @ NBL

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The End of Suffering

It’s becoming convincingly clear

That the end of our suffering’s near:

Soon hardly a trace

Will remain of our race

‘Cause we’re leaving, and won’t reappear.

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We Had A Dream

Our dream of justice has passed:

Life means oppression by caste;

But soon now, instead,

We’ll be equally dead—

Thank God, we’ll be free at last.

H/T: Kathy Cassandra

Point and Laugh

Don’t worry about the deniers,

Simply point and laugh at the liars;

Since doom’s underway

Whatever they say

Won’t change that our species expires.

H/T: rbrgs 

Oh, Those Wacky Deniers

Watching the Deniers

Their stridency starts to reveal

Nervousness they can’t conceal;

They say it’s a hoax

And they try to make jokes,

But they’ll freak when they find out it’s real.

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Something To Look Forward To

Deniers try to insist

Global warming doesn’t exist;

But once they conclude

They were wrong, plus they’re screwed,

They’re going to be mightily pissed.

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Waking Up

Though deniers may act like some creep,

Their position we might want to keep:

With the heat, they’ll reverse,

And then act so much worse,

We’ll wish they would go back to sleep.

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Suddenly This Summer

A zero calorie diet

Plus heat will make people riot;

But it’s worse if they scope

That doom means there’s no hope—

We should have kept it more quiet.

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Just You Wait

Deniers couldn’t be dumber

To insist warming isn’t a bummer:

They point to their snow,

But we say “Hello?

Get back to us after this summer.”